UN concerned at the situation of civilians in Iraq

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UN concerned at the situation of civilians in Iraq

BAGHDAD – Babinaoz (Reuters) – through a recent report by Secretary-General of the United Nations have expressed concern about the situation faced by civilians in Iraq, particularly the patterns of violence that result in the loss of civilian lives, referring to the existence of “significant challenges” should be for the Iraqi authorities to overcome to ensure the protection of civilians.

The report, issued by Ban Ki-moon, “I remain concerned about what is said about the continuing human rights violations in Iraq, especially the pattern of violence that results in loss of lives of Iraqi civilians.” This is the first report issued by that under the sixth paragraph of resolution 2001 issued in 2011, which requests the Security Council from Secretary General Baijazh every four months on the progress made ​​in Iraq and the responsibilities entrusted to the UN mission to provide assistance to Iraq.
He said the Secretary General in his report that the UN mission in Iraq, announcing him that there is “considerable challenges to be met to ensure the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms.”

The report called for 22-page component of the Iraqi government to work for “the establishment of the Electoral Commission of Human Rights.”

The report called for the government in Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq “to put all of them the final version of their plan of national and regional human rights at the earliest possible opportunity with the included recommendations made ​​by the Iraqi civil society organizations.”

Despite the passage of more than eight years on the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the establishment of a democratic system in which the Iraqi authorities, but not until the moment the establishment of an independent High Commission for Human Rights.

And Abraltgarir concern about the continuing violence in Iraq. Despite the report’s assertion that the violence in Iraq has declined in the past four months, he said, picking between 500 and 700 is still a month in Iraq.

The report said “during the reporting period, record a general decline in the number of security incidents in the country … and the number of security incidents ranging between 500 and 700 accident in the month.”

The report said “the armed opposition groups (started) are increasingly targeting Iraqi security forces and government officials … There was a significant increase in the assassination of government officials, professionals and security personnel.”

Baghdad has been a not uncommon phenomenon of increased killings using weapons with silencers, which affect senior officials and political security.

The report “is still in armed opposition groups the ability to launch coordinated attacks and complex.”

The report also cited the emergence of the phenomenon of kidnapping targeting children. He said, “There were reports that unidentified armed group kidnapped children, both political and criminal and sectarian different.”

The report spoke of certificates stating the fact that members of security forces to target protesters who began demonstrating in Iraq in the past and they are demanding the government improve the level of services and the fight against corruption.

The report said that the period witnessed the organization of “a number of peaceful demonstrations across the country. And received by the Mission allegations that security forces to use violence and intimidation against activists and journalists, including the elements of the security forces dressed in civilian clothes to arrest people and transported by ambulance . “

The report criticized the Secretary-General Altdzen the situation in Iraq. The report said it had detected a number of conditions of detention centers in Iraq and found to contain numbers far exceed the numbers that have a capacity of these centers.

He said a number of these centers “lacking sanitation and rehabilitation programs for detainees and lack adequate security.”

He added, “During the monitoring visit shows that the central prison in Hilla, in Babil province south of Baghdad, home to 1,300 detainees is much more than the official capacity of 300 detainees.”

The report said “there are children detained with adults in some detention facilities.”

“The reports indicate that children had been detained on the basis of their participation in the alleged armed rebel groups in particular (at) Mosul (northern Iraq).”

The report spoke of the challenges still facing major political blocs, the political and the Iraqi government in the matter of agreements for the sharing of power. The report highlighted a package of points of contention between the central government and the Kurdish regional government, which has not been solved so far and said they are significant challenges to the political process in Iraq and the Iraqi government.

The report expressed concern about the continued implementation of the death penalty in Iraq.

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